Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos.
As Bafana Bafana prepares for their decisive World Cup clash against South Korea, coach Hugo Broos will, over the next 48 hours, become the most talked-about man in South Africa and the wider football world regardless of his side’s result in their final Group A match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The must-win match for South Africa will be played at the Estadio BBVA in Guadalupe, Mexico, on Thursday morning (3am SAST).
Bafana need a straight win to rewrite South African football history by becoming the first senior men’s side to advance beyond the World Cup group stage.
To say the returns have been low for Bafana in the ongoing tournament would be putting things mildly. They go into this crucial match with just a single point and one goal to show for their storied journey to the Americas, having been rooted to the bottom of the group since day one.
